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Study links birth defects to months with higher pesticide levels in water

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Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and
the University of Cincinnati have found that birth defect rates in
the United States from 1996 to 2002 were highest in women who
conceived from April to July — months when pesticide and
nitrate concentrations in surface water are highest.